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Camponotus kopetdaghensis
| Camponotus kopetdaghensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species group: | lateralis |
| Species complex: | lateralis |
| Species: | C. kopetdaghensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus kopetdaghensis Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985
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Identification
Radchenko (1997) - A member of the Camponotus lateralis species group.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 38.7469° to 38.19374°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Azerbaijan, Iran, Russian Federation (type locality), Turkmenistan.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- kopetdaghensis. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) kopetdaghensis Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 236, fig. 8 (s.w.) TURKMENISTAN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, >15 paratype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: holotype Turkmenistan: SW Kopet Dag, Sumbar River basin, Chuli, 22.viii.1935, no. 6587 (K.V. Arnol’di); paratypes: workers with same data, 15 workers Kopet Dag, Ipai-Kala, 22.v.1971 (G.M. Dlussky); also “numerous workers, queens and males collected vic. Kara-Kala (G.M. Dlussky and S.I. Zabelin), 1979-1982”.
- Type-depository: ZMUM.
- [Note: apparently paratypes are also in “Syunt-Hasardag Nature Reserve”; address unknown.]
- Status as species: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 135; Bolton, 1995b: 107; Radchenko, 1996b: 1197 (in key); Radchenko, 1997b: 706; Paknia, et al. 2008: 153; Borowiec, L. 2014: 35.
- Distribution: Iran, Turkmenistan.
Description
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Dlussky, G. M.; Zabelin, S. I. 1985. Ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the River Sumbar Basin (south-west Kopetdag). Pp. 208-246 in: Nechaevaya, N. T. (ed.) The vegetation and animal world of western Kopetdag. Ashkhabad: Ylym, 278 pp. (page 236, fig. 8 soldier, worker described)
- Radchenko, A.G. 1997. A review of ants of the subgenus Myrmentoma, genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), from Asian Palaearctic. Entomological Review 77: 1050-1059 (translated from Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 76: 703-711).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Dlussky G. M., O. S. Soyunov, and S. I. Zabelin. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.
- Kuznetsov G. T. 1990. Comparative analysis of Hymenoptera (Formicidae) population on altitudinal zones of central Kopetdag. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR. Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1990(3): 64-67.
- Paknia O., A. Radchenko, H. Alipanah, and M. Pfeiffer. 2008. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Iran. Myrmecological News 11: 151-159.
- Radchenko A. G. 1997. A review of ants of the subgenus Myrmentoma, Genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), from Asian Palaearctic. Entomological Review 77(8): 1050-1059.